8 JULY 1865, Page 2

There are diseases which, it is said, only attack certain

officials ; may there not be perchance a malaria which inclines Chancellors

to grant pensions to unworthy persons, and then forget said about such grants ? In 1859 Mr. Winslow was a Mae Lunacy, ran in debt, was hunted by creditors till he could n attend his office, and borrowed money from the keeper of a lunatic asylum. Lord Chelmsford, then Chancellor, called on him for an explanation, and on his resigning to avoid it refused him a pen- sion. Three years afterwards, being pressed by Mr. Winslow to support another application, he did so, and some questions being asked in the Lower House, he on Tuesday rose in the Peers to explain. He had written a letter, but had " certainly " not said, as alleged, that the -grant of thensietivio-111 ilgratify the whole pro- fession, for he knew that the profession had forgotten Mr. Win- slow. As Lord Chelmsford sat down Lord Granville rose, and read out the letter containing the precise expression denied, and speaking of Mr. Winslow's long and " faithful " services as an additional reason for the grant. Of course Lord Granville, who understands when a case is complete, as no lawyer can ever be made to do, added no comment.